227: Europe & Overseas | 228 : Chile - The Joseph Hackmey Collection (part 1)

Recess by Narciso Desmadryl from Perkins Bacon Plates 1854 (Jan-Feb): 5 c. pale reddish brown, an outstanding used example with huge margins all round and portions of adjoining stamps at left and at right, lightly tied to small piece by target handstamp in black with full Valparaiso cds (15 Feb, 1854) in red alongside. A fine and very early usage: an important dated piece. Signed A. Diena. Cert. A Diena (1964), BPA (1992) Gi. 4/Scott = $ 65+.rnProvenance: Collection Gerhard Blank, RL, Dec 1991, lot 955.
Catalogue 228: CHILE - The Colon Issues